electoral process and undemocratic political parties‚ the stage is set for flawed elections. Thus‚ the 1999 and 2003 elections‚ like virtually all the preceding elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history‚ were classic cases of electoral fraud. In broad terms‚ there have been two kinds of elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history. These are the ‘transition’ and ‘consolidation’ elections[1]. The transition elections are those organized by a departing political authority‚ which include those organized
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The presidential election of 1828 brought a great victory for Andrew Jackson. Not only did he get almost 70 percent of the votes cast in the electoral college‚ but popular participation soared to an unheard amount of 60 percent. Along with Jackson‚ came Jacksonian democracy also known as “The Age of the Common Man” which impacted further advances in political process by the “common man” and minorities‚ the economic stability of the nation‚ and the status of the Union and sectionalism. These impacts
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traditions. One may ask‚ how can an individual’s heritage affect one’s duties to our nation? In many families no one in the family votes in elections. If one is taught from a young age not to vote or they don’t hear about people around them voting‚ then chances are they will not vote when they are of age to do so. As a citizen it is your duty to vote in elections. Without voting one has no say so in who is put in charge of our nation‚ thus that individual has no say in the upbringing of our nation.
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United States has a two-party system which include the election laws‚ institutional barriers‚ and political socialization. The election laws established various criteria that favors the major parties‚ thus perpetuating the two-party system. Some of the election law hurdles encountered by third parties include ballot access and campaign financing restrictions. According to Article I of the Constitution‚ the states retain the right establish election procedures‚ unless otherwise prescribed by Congress;
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John Smith and Tony Blair the party has moved away from its traditional socialist position towards what is often described as the "Third Way" (centrism) adopting some Thatcherite and free market policies after losing in four consecutive general elections. The Conservative Party on the other hand‚ descended from the Tory Party‚ founded in 1678‚ and is still often referred to as the Tory Party and its politicians‚ members and supporters as Tories. It was also known as the Unionist Party in the early
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who we think would make the best president‚ despite there chance of winning or not. In recent history no 3rd party candidates have come anywhere close to getting a substantial number of votes in the presidential elections. The last time a minor party was able to win a presidential election‚ was with Abraham Lincoln‚ in 1860. He was not truly campaigning under a minor party either; the Republican Party which he ran for had recently gained control of the congress and was becoming well established in
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Is Malaysia ready for e-voting? Electronic-voting or e-voting has been implemented in campus elections since 2004. Hemananthani Sivanandam looks at whether it should be expanded to cover national elections. THOUGH e-voting has been successfully implemented in some countries such as the United States‚ Europe and even in parts of India‚ issues of trust‚ integrity and infrastructure must be addressed before Malaysia can do the same‚ say analysts.According to Monash University lecturer and political
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MONEY AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA Since the return to electoral politics in 1999‚ and particularly after the 2003 general elections‚ Nigeria ’s political parties have been criticized by the media‚ academics‚ observers and the electorate for corrupt and unbridled use of money in politics. The anti-corruption initiatives of the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo provided a suitable environment for some civil society groups to engage governments and other stakeholders on the issue of corruption
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AIDE MEMOIRE Election system of the ARABE Spring YEMEN General Information Article (5) of Constitution February 20‚ 2001: The political system of the Republic of Yemen is based on political and partisan pluralism in order to achieve a peaceful transformation of power. Article (43) Constitution: The citizen has the right to elect and nominate himself as a candidate in an election‚ as well as the right to demonstrate his opinion in a referendum. Elects on national level a head of state
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As the MP for Bath John Patten put it‚ “They undermine Westminster. What they ensure‚ as we saw in the last election‚ is if you have a referendum on an issue politicians during an election campaign say oh we’re not going to talk about that‚ we don’t need to talk about that‚ that’s all for the referendum.”. One example of this occurring would be the General Election of 2001‚ where one hotly contested topic was the prospect of Britain joining the Euro. Many arguments should have been made
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